Da Song Private Investigator

Many inns in Chang'an City and nearby states and counties want to do hot pot business. They know the secret recipe, so naturally they don't need to ask Hualang again, but it is useless to have the secret recipe, because all the raw materials nearby have been bought up. .

While everyone was worrying about this, in Chang'an City, the Ziqi Donglai Inn suddenly sold hot pot bottom ingredients at high prices.

Of course, although the price is high, it is not very high, it is only three or four times higher than when they bought it, but the three or four times higher is not as good as selling hot pots. So although the price of the hot pot base is a bit more expensive, there are still a lot of people who come here to buy raw materials for the hot pot base, and these people who come to buy raw materials are all inn owners, and their inn plans to add hot pot.

In just two days, all the raw materials for the hot pot base that Hualang and the others bought were sold out. After calculation, they made a total profit of several thousand taels of silver. There are even more.

With this money, it is enough for Kaichun to build a private school to hire a gentleman, but to maintain it, they must have a steady stream of funds in their hands, and I am afraid it will not work if they want to sell raw materials for hot pot bottoms, because After the beginning of spring, the roads are clear, and those inns can go to farther places to buy by themselves. Even if they walk a few more days, it is better than buying Hualang at a high price.

It can be said that the money Hwarang and the others made this time is considered a windfall, and although the windfall is large, it will not last long. This is not a good way.

Wen Meng glanced at Hua Lang and asked, "What should we do next?"

Hua Lang smiled: "Before the severe winter, let's make a fortune from this hot pot first, and then think of other ways in the next spring. Now every inn has a hot pot, and they compete with each other. It will definitely decline, and it is much easier and more affordable for the people in Chang'an City to eat hot pot, and now what we have to do is to play tricks on hot pot dishes."

"Shabu dishes?" Wen Meng looked at Hwarang with some puzzlement and asked.

Hwarang nodded: "In the past when we ate hot pot, most of the dishes we ate were relatively cheap and could be bought on the street, but now, we want to sell some dishes that cannot be bought in the vegetable market."

"What dish?"

"There are many, such as mutton rolls, dried tofu, etc. These are reprocessed vegetables and meat, but if they are processed and then added to the hot pot base, the taste will be more delicious."

Hearing these words from Hwarang, everyone couldn't help arousing their appetites, wanting to have a quick taste.

After Hwarang told the kitchen masters how to make these things, he asked them to start making them immediately. When they were doing this, they began to sell the hot pot base that was boiled into a solid before. It is very convenient to use this kind of hot pot base. If the common people want to eat hot pot, they don’t need to go to the inn at all. They just need to buy their hot pot base and make it at home. What they need is to buy some vegetables and meat. Meat is available in Ziqi Donglai Inn.

All of a sudden, the people in the entire Chang'an City came to Ziqi Donglai Inn to buy the solid hot pot base, and there were also things like mutton rolls that Hualang asked the kitchen master to make. After they bought these things, they went home You can cook and eat by yourself.

In just a few days, Hwarang and the others made another fortune, and while they were making money, they also found the person who leaked the secret recipe of the hot pot bottom. Li was in charge of purchasing at first, and later he was responsible for making hot pot ingredients. After he quit and went home, he pondered these things, and finally he figured them out. At first, he didn't dare to open a hot pot restaurant, because he only needed one If he opened a hot pot restaurant, Hwarang and the others would definitely find out that he had copied Ziqidonglai. If there was a trouble, he would have to face a lawsuit, and he knew exactly who Hwarang was.

So, he couldn't afford to offend Hwarang, so he had to buy a prescription in the end. After the prescription was sold, many people opened a hot pot restaurant, so he could open it. At that time, who would know that the secret recipe was given by him? Figured it out?

After learning about that person, Hwarang did not impose any punishment on that person, after all, he figured out these things later, he was able to figure this out, which shows that he is not stupid, and Hwarang likes smart people; What's more, the secret recipe of the hot pot base was not originally Hwarang's, but was developed by him based on the experience of later generations, so he was ashamed to punish that person.

Moreover, if this person hadn't leaked the secret formula, they wouldn't have been able to accumulate a lot of money so quickly.

Throughout the winter, Chang'an City was very peaceful, and no major crimes occurred. However, Hwarang and the others made a fortune this winter. After the weather gradually warmed up, with the support of Li Jing'an, construction projects began in various parts of Chang'an City. To start a private school, although the private school is not very big, it is only for some children to enlighten or some teenagers to learn more knowledge, but it takes time to build it well, and Hwarang and the others have a lot of time, and there is no shortage of funds for the time being.

During the establishment of the private school, Li Jingan ordered people to post notices to publicize the importance of receiving education, and explained the situation of free schooling. As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a big disturbance in Chang'an City. People who couldn't afford to study all shouted "Master Qingtian", they admired Hwarang and Li Jing'an extremely.

It's just that apart from some people thanking Hwarang and Li Jingan, some people are against it.

Those who opposed this matter were some nobles in Chang'an City, and the reason they opposed the establishment of education was that the establishment of education touched their interests. Originally, everyone knew that if a person wanted to change his destiny, the most direct way was to take the imperial examination There is a way, but not everyone can take the imperial examination, only the sons of the nobles and the rich can afford to study. In this way, most of the students who are finally admitted are the children of the nobles. Officials, it is of course their interests to protect, but if all the teenagers in Chang'an City can go to school, wouldn't the opportunities for their children from rich families be reduced?

It can be said that there has been less change, because these children from poor families understand the value of reading better. Since they understand the value of reading, they will naturally study hard and do better than those children from rich families.

From ancient times to the present, when the interests of the gentry are involved, all the gentry will attack them together. In the past, Ouyang Xiu and others presided over the reform in the capital, and now Hwarang and others are setting up education. It is just a few years later, Wang Anshi uses it. The same is true for the reform.